Sleeper Blog

Lock-in Mode. Fantasy Basketball Re-imagined. Again.

Lock-in mode is a weekly head-to-head fantasy basketball game and works just like the TV game show "Deal-or-no-Deal".

22 new features in 2022

Last year we gave you 21 new features for 2021... so it only felt right if we one-upped ourselves and delivered 22 new features for 2022.

Announcement

Fantasy sports app Sleeper raises $40 million Series C

SAN FRANCISCO, Ca. – SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 – Sleeper, the fastest organically growing fantasy sports company in the United States, today announced a $40MM Series C fundraising round. This most recent round of funding is

Announcement

21 new features in 2021

At Sleeper [https://go.slpr.link/N13yhCBBgib], every off-season is an opportunity to push the fantasy industry forward. We originally created Sleeper because existing platforms were difficult to use, slow to update, and

Bracket Mania

#PICKS4KICKS Bracket Challenge — Colormefresh

Win a pair of exclusive custom Air Jordan 1s from Colormefresh // Join the pool. Make your picks. Win free kicks. It's simple – enjoy college hoops and experience March magic.

Bracket Mania

#PICKS4KICKS Bracket Challenge — SQ Customs

Win a pair of exclusive custom Air Force 1s from SQ Customs // Join the pool. Make your picks. Win free kicks. It's simple – enjoy college hoops and experience March magic.

Bracket Mania

#PICKS4KICKS Bracket Challenge — ill Mill

Win a pair of exclusive custom Air Jordan 1s from artist ill Mill // Join the pool. Make your picks. Win free kicks. It's simple – enjoy college hoops and experience March magic.

Announcement

#PICKS4KICKS Bracket Challenge

Win the highly coveted Travis Scott x Air Jordan 1s. LIMITED ENTRY. Only the first 1,000 to join will be able to participate. Winner takes home the Jordans. Simple as that.

6 reasons to play fantasy basketball on Sleeper in the 2020-21 season

While fantasy football has grown wildly in popularity, fantasy basketball has not seen the same success over the years. This is because fantasy basketball's most popular scoring formats are tedious to play and

Engineering

New Sleeper Features in 2020

We've not only built 3 new sports in the past year (NBA, Bracket Mania, and League of Legends), but we've made some improvements to our football product, too! We wanted to share some of the biggest things Sleeper has added since the end of last year's football season.

Announcement

Sleeper Voice Chat Has Arrived!

With what may be one of the most interesting football seasons ahead, we are thrilled to release a brand new feature that will bring your league closer than ever before! Our brand new Voice Chat allows your league to chat with each other at any time, all from right within the Sleeper app.

Announcement

Welcome to a Whole New Trading Experience

Our team built and re-designed the trade center to help accommodate new features, a better view, and a much-improved trading flow.

Announcement

Deep Dive into the Gameplay of Sleeper's Fantasy League of Legends

Fantasy LoL is tailored to players of all types, and we created this as a way for fans to interact and compete around a game you already know and love. Everybody has an equal chance to win in fantasy, and that’s what makes it so pure and unpredictable.

Announcement

Fantasy League of Legends Available Today

We are thrilled to announce the launch of fantasy League of Legends (LoL) today on Sleeper! Esports, like traditional sports, have a unique ability to bring people together to share a common experience.

Announcement

New partners to help bring people together around sports and esports

The single most important role of sports (and esports) in society is its unique ability to bring people together.

Announcement

New Left Panel Design

We have recently launched a new version of the Sleeper app where you'll see that we have completely re-modeled the left panel. With our recent update, you'll see that we've made efforts to improve the accessibility for users.

Announcement

Announcing Dynasty Basketball Leagues - Ball is life

We're thrilled to announce that we now support NBA dynasty leagues on Sleeper! Dynasty leagues give team owners the ability to act like a real-life GM.

Engineering

Embedding trending players on your site

Spice up your fantasy site or blog with Sleeper's brand new trending players API.

Announcement

How does FAAB bidding work?

FAAB bidding provides you with a budget during the season for free agents, and uses a blind bidding process to select people off free agency each week. The highest bidder for each player wins the claim!

Announcement

League History and Weekly Reports with Awards

Last year, we built two new things for our Fantasy Football Leagues: League History and Weekly Reports with Awards. For those of you new to Fantasy Football, League History and Weekly Reports are a great way to talk about what's happening in your league.

Announcement

What Is A Dynasty Fantasy Football League and How to Create a Dynasty League?

Dynasty is becoming a more popular format because it is the closest simulation to being a real general manager. Decisions around how to value youth, how to construct a roster, and which trades to make or take has lasting impact on your franchise.

Announcement

What features does Sleeper have that other platforms don't have?

Features on Sleeper that you wish ESPN, Yahoo!, NFL and other platforms have. People who are interested in switching to Sleeper [https://sleeper.app/] often spend a lot of time focused on what

Announcement

Continuous Waivers and Taxi Squads

Today, we are happy to announce 2 new features for leagues, Continuous Waivers and Taxi Squads.

Announcement

Why public leagues suck, and how we plan to fix them

Public fantasy leagues suck…

Announcement

Sleeper fantasy platform — Season 2

Hi everyone,